Table 1.
Epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients notified in Shanghai, China, in the first half of each of 2017 and 2018*
| Characteristics | Total n (%) (n = 6047) |
PTB patients of 2017 n (%) (n = 2938) |
PTB patients of 2018 n (%) (n = 3109) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.912 | |||
| Female | 1910 (31.6) | 930 (31.7) | 980 (31.5) | |
| Male | 4137 (68.4) | 2008 (68.3) | 2129 (68.5) | |
| Age | 0.198 | |||
| 15–29 | 1887 (31.2) | 904 (30.8) | 983 (31.6) | |
| 30–44 | 1190 (19.7) | 578 (19.7) | 612 (19.7) | |
| 45–59 | 1171 (19.4) | 601 (20.5) | 570 (18.3) | |
| > =60 | 1799 (29.8) | 855 (29.1) | 944 (30.4) | |
| Hospital | 0.928 | |||
| County-level | 1901 (31.4) | 922 (31.4) | 979 (31.5) | |
| Referral | 4146 (68.6) | 2016 (68.6) | 2130 (68.5) | |
| Local resident | 0.829 | |||
| No | 2781 (46.0) | 1347 (45.8) | 1434 (46.1) | |
| Yes | 3266 (54.0) | 1591 (54.2) | 1675 (53.9) | |
| TB case | 0.208 | |||
| New | 5608 (92.7) | 2712 (92.3) | 2896 (93.1) | |
| Previously treated | 439 (7.3) | 226 (7.7) | 213 (6.9) | |
| Bacteriological confirmation | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 3290 (54.4) | 1461 (49.7) | 1829 (58.8) | |
| DST coverage | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 2573 (42.6) | 1066 (36.3) | 1507 (48.5) | |
| RR-TB detection | 0.004 | |||
| Yes | 156 (2.6) | 58 (2.0) | 98 (3.2) |
PTB pulmonary tuberculosis
Xpert Xpert MTB/RIF
MTB Mycobacteria of tuberculosis
RIF Rifampicin
RR-TB Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
DST Drug susceptibility test
*Xpert was implemented in 2018